Eva Moll (born June 15, 1975, in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...

) is a German

contemporary artist Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, generally referring to art produced from the 1970s onwards. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art i ...

. Moll works in the media fine art printmaking,

drawing Drawing is a Visual arts, visual art that uses an instrument to mark paper or another two-dimensional surface, or a digital representation of such. Traditionally, the instruments used to make a drawing include pencils, crayons, and ink pens, some ...

and

painting Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

and its expansion in the areas of

performance art Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants. It may be witnessed live or through documentation, spontaneously developed or written, and is traditionally presented to a pu ...

and conceptual art. Beside works on canvas and paper;

Happening A happening is a performance, event, or situation art, usually as performance art. The term was first used by Allan Kaprow in 1959 to describe a range of art-related events. History Origins Allan Kaprow first coined the term "happening" i ...

video art Video art is an art form which relies on using video technology as a visual and audio medium. Video art emerged during the late 1960s as new consumer video technology such as video tape recorders became available outside corporate broadcasting. V ...

and installation count to her Œuvre. A large part of her work stands in the traditions of

appropriation art In art, appropriation is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. The use of appropriation has played a significant role in the history of the arts (literary, visual, musical and performing arts) ...

, pop art,

fluxus Fluxus was an international, interdisciplinary community of artists, composers, designers, and poets during the 1960s and 1970s who engaged in experimental performance art, art performances which emphasized the artistic process over the finishe ...

and

action painting Action painting, sometimes called "gestural abstraction", is a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas, rather than being carefully applied. The resulting work often emphasizes the physical ...

. She lives and works in

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

and

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

Life and work

As a student Eva Moll took weekend courses at the

Städelschule The Städelschule, full name Hochschule für Bildende Künste–Städelschule, is a tertiary school of art in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It accepts about 20 students each year from around 500 applicants, and has a total of approximately 150 ...

Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

am Main in 1989. After her German preparatory school graduation in 1994 at the Rudolf Koch School in Offenbach am Main, she completed a one-year internship at the fine art painter and restorer Manfred Scharpf at the Castle Zeil in Leutkirch im Allgäu. There she acquired knowledge to old master techniques and processes in the studio and exhibition making. From 1995 Eva Moll studied at the ''

Kunsthochschule Kassel Kunsthochschule Kassel (German; "Kassel College of Art") is a college of fine arts in Kassel, Germany. Founded in 1777, it is a semi-autonomous department of the University of Kassel. History Kassel Art Academy After the Seven Years' War (17 ...

'' in Germany in the fields of visual communication and fine arts. Her study focus was on free graphics, drawing and painting with old and new media and

interdisciplinary art Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several fields such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, economi ...

. While studying Moll realized the global multi-media project: ''"The Ornamental Symbol"'' on traveling in Europe, Asia, Africa and America (1996–1998). This was followed by the urban visual diary project ''"Eva in The Big Apple"'' in New York City (1998–2000). 2000 Eva Moll graduated with an artistic university degree (M.f.A.) under the Professors Walter Rabe and Paul Driessen. In 2000 Moll migrated to

. From 2000 to 2002 she worked as an assistant in the studio of American pop-artist

Peter Max Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) is a German-American artist known for using bright colors in his work. Works by Max are associated with the visual arts and culture of the 1960s, particularly psychedelic art and pop art. ...

. In 2001 Moll had her first show at the La Mama Gallery in the Lower East Side. In 2002 she launched her first studio in New York after touring Los Angeles, San Francisco, Big Sur, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle. In 2003 she founded the collective art group Galaxy Girls NYC. Since then the

visual artist The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics (art), ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual a ...

with curatorial practice organized exhibitions and happenings in interdisciplinary space. Moll is active in the public space of major cities as well as in the specialized areas of trade fairs, museums, galleries, art associations and in various groups of the international art market and art scene. In 2006 Moll traveled with her project ''Europe ArtTourIsm'' to Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, Copenhagen and Luxembourg. In 2007 she performed unofficially with her artistic figure ''EVE'' at the openings of the art fairs Documenta 12, at the

Armory Show The 1913 Armory Show, also known as the International Exhibition of Modern Art, was organized by thAssociation of American Painters and Sculptors It was the first large exhibition of modern art in America, as well as one of the many exhibition ...

in New York and at the Art Forum Berlin. That same year, she expanded her activities as a studio artist and exhibition maker in the New York Metropolitan Area to the Rhine-Main area of Germany. 2009 Moll became an active member in the international art club ''Kunstverein Familie Montez'' in Frankfurt am Main. In 2011 she was appointed professor of contemporary art at the ''Academy of Interdisciplinary Processes'' in Offenbach am Main. 2012 Moll got honored for the project ''Schrankstipendium'' with an art award by the ''maecenia Frankfurt - Foundation for Women in Science and Arts''. With the guerrilla-performance of her art figure ''EVE'' Moll provided at the opening of the

dOCUMENTA (13) Documenta 13 (stylised as dOCUMENTA (13)) was the thirteenth edition of the German contemporary art exhibition Documenta. It took place between 9 June until 16 September 2012 in Kassel, Germany. The exhibition was held under the theme "collap ...

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...

Germany for sensation. Moll is chairman of the New York organization ''Arts in Action''. Since 2013 Moll tours with the art figure ''EVE'' performances and exhibitions in Rome, Florence, Cinque Terre, Monaco, Paris, Berlin, London, Chicago, Miami and New York. In 2014 she moved with her German studio to Berlin. Her American studio remains in New York.

References

External links

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Kunstaspekte
with exhibition list
Profil of the Fine Art Adoption Network

Profile at ArtSlant

Profile at the Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Landesverband Hessen e.V.
(2007–2014)

Solo exhibit at the Kunstverein Offenbach am Main (2014)

Gallery representing Eva Moll in Berlin (current art)

Gallery representing Eva Moll in New York (early and the performative work)

„Charlies adventures in the ultraworld" by John Eischeid, Moll bei den BOS Brooklyn NY

„Eve by Eva" by Timothy Herrik, Eva Moll at the Fish with Braids Gallery, Jersey City NJ

Report of the "maecenia Frankfurt" 7 ''Schrankstipendium''

Press article regarding EVE Performance by Eva Moll at the opening of the dOCUMENTA (13), Das Marburger

Foto stream with Eva Moll at the opening of the dOCUMENTA (13), Berliner Zeitung

Foto stream with Eva Moll at the opening of the dOCUMENTA (13), Wiener Zeitung

Press article about the performance of the master class of Eva Moll at the ''Akademie für interdisziplinäre Prozesse'' during the dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel 2012

SchirnMag reports about the benefit auction curated by Eva Moll

Listed artist at the Art Hamptons trade fair, Bridgehampton NY 2013 {{DEFAULTSORT:Moll, Eva Living people 1975 births German contemporary artists Artists from Karlsruhe Artists from New York City Artists from Berlin